Tonga earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 215 km WNW of Houma, Tonga

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 215 km WNW of Houma, Tonga on Fri, Apr 5, 2024, 1:53 AM GMT+13 (12:53 UTC), 339 km (211 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 260 km WNW of Houma, Tonga. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-04-04 12:53:30 UTC
Depth
339.3 km (210.8 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.188° S, 177.083° W
Region
Tonga
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 8.9 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
60°
Stations used
55

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4248 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 911 days ago · 495 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 4.4175 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 909 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 4.4282 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 908 days ago · 538 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 4.2294 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 908 days ago · 557 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 4.1256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 907 days ago · 493 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 4.8260 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 903 days ago · 492 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 4.2290 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 901 days ago · 389 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 4.0276 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 896 days ago · 365 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 4.3282 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 891 days ago · 588 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 4.3245 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 889 days ago · 520 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 4.5254 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 883 days ago · 523 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 4.3194 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 879 days ago · 353 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 4.3261 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 876 days ago · 542 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 4.1283 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 876 days ago · 486 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 4.4270 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 873 days ago · 474 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 4.1274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 871 days ago · 481 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 4.3269 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 869 days ago · 480 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 4.5Fiji region · 864 days ago · 559 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 4.1285 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 859 days ago · 556 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 4.5134 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 858 days ago · 261 km deep · 86 km away
  21. 4.6237 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 858 days ago · 282 km deep · 90 km away
  22. 4.3295 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 856 days ago · 580 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 4.4270 km NW of Houma, Tonga · 855 days ago · 333 km deep · 59 km away

Before

  1. 4.2282 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 917 days ago · 557 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 4.6278 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 932 days ago · 511 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 4.8233 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 941 days ago · 338 km deep · 22 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000m9v5. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:09 PM UTC.